Spiritual Community: The Power to Restore Hope, Commitment and Joy - Paperback

by David A. Teutsch (Author)

A wise, encouraging, practical look at congregations and organizations-what they are and what they might become-revealing the unique role they have the potential to play in refreshing our minds, transforming our hearts and giving our lives meaning.

Author Biography

Rabbi David A. Teutsch, PhD, is the Wiener Professor of Contemporary Jewish Civilization and director of the Center for Jewish Ethics at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where he served as president for nearly a decade. He was editor in chief of the seven-volume Kol Haneshamah prayer book series. His book A Guide to Jewish Practice: Everyday Living (RRC Press) won the National Jewish Book Award for Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice. He is also author of Spiritual Community: The Power to Restore Hope, Commitment and Joy (Jewish Lights) and several other books. He contributed to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism-Yizkor, Who by Fire, Who by Water-Un'taneh Tokef, All These Vows-Kol Nidre, and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism-Ashamnu and Al Chet (all Jewish Lights).